2011 Player Capsules: First Base, Third Base
February 25th, 2011 | by Ray Flowers |
You’re killing me.
I say that with all due respect mind you. Let me tell you what I mean.
I sit at my computer all day, every day, typing away answering emails, writing articles, researching etc. It’s a rather sad existence at times (who am I kidding, how great is it that I get to work in my slippers?). I’m used to long days, 12 hours is often the norm, so I’m not unfamiliar with onerous work schedules. So what did I mean when I led off this piece with “you’re killing me?”
Simply put, my mailbox has been flooded with requests for the FREE player capsules I’m giving away. I’m borderline ecstatic at the response I’ve received, but at the same time I’m sending so many of these files back to you, the reader, that I needed to come up with a better plan moving forward. Hence, I’m going to be combing positions in order to cut down on the emails I’ll need to send out.
In case you’ve missed it so far, here is how this all works.
(1) You stop by BaseballGuys.com – Fantasy Baseball Blog.
(2) You’ll get a chance to review a handful of the players at the position of the day.
(3) You’ll find a CODE at the end of the article.
(4) You’ll take that CODE and email it to me at: fantasyfandom@yahoo.com
(5) I’ll send you back a neat and tidy PDF file with the top-50 or so players at the position that is under discussion for that day.
How does that sound to you?
The best part?
How about the cost… it’s 100% FREE.
All I ask is that you tell a friend.
FIRST BASE / THIRD BASE
Again, to lighten the workload a bit, I figured I would combine corner infielders (1B, 3B) today.
Here are a few examples of what you will receive in the PDF.
Derrek Lee
When healthy he has rarely been great but he is almost always very good. In each of his last 10 healthy seasons he has hit at least 19 homers with 70 runs and 70 RBI. Those numbers don’t sound exciting, but since 2000 his total of 10 such seasons leads all first basemen. Age is catching up with him, and he never runs anymore, but he is a safe option if you don’t reach.
Aubrey Huff
Huff and the Rally Thong helped lead the Giants to the World Series, and they’ll both be back for two more years in San Francisco. One of only four first basemen to hit .290 with 25 homers, 85 RBI and 100 runs, Huff rebounded from a disastrous 2009 to post his 7th 20-homer season and his 6th season of 85 RBI. If you pay for a repeat you should be on fairly solid ground.
Pablo Sandoval
Thinking the way to major league success was paved with pizza and profiteroles, Sandoval’s weight was/is a major issue. The Giants have put Pablo on notice that if he can’t see his toes, he could be sent to the minors. Just a year removed from an all-star caliber season, Sandoval would benefit from a more patient approach. Can weight loss help that?
The Corner Infielder code is: Plentiful Power
One last thing. For those of you looking for some baseball talk, you can click on this link to the DSD Podcast. I talked with Aaron and Karter about Adam Wainwright, Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera and other topics around major league baseball.
By Ray Flowers
Tags: 1B, 2011 Player Capsules, 3B, Aubrey Huff, Derrek Lee, First Base, Pablo Sandoval, Third Base
By Jimmy Godwin on Feb 25, 2011
really enjoy the radio work, look forward to the pdf.
By Eric on Feb 26, 2011
and the giants win the world oh wait it was just the first game of spring training. Beat the Kirk Gibson lead D-Backs 7-6. Has there ever been any talk of the winner of the cactus league plays the winner of the grapefruit league for like a spring championship?
By Ray Flowers on Feb 26, 2011
Eric-
I dont know if there ever has been.
With so many youngsters trying to find their spot, veterans just working on things, sometimes W-L records mean little in spring. It’s an interesting idea though, I’ll give you that.
By Chris on Feb 27, 2011
Looking forward to the capsules.
Hope you do something on auction strategy too.
Everyone should be listening to your Sirius/XM show. You really know your stuff.
By Ray Flowers on Feb 27, 2011
Thanks Chris- glad you are enjoying everything.
Auction – here you go – http://baseballguys.com/2011/02/08/how-to-do-an-auction-draft/
By Brian Benson on Feb 28, 2011
I look forward to your show and your capsules…but at some point you gotta pay the bills..lol…I would not mind subscribing to Flowers Fantasy Favorites at a future date. Keep up the good work…like the pdf format…B
By Ray Flowers on Feb 28, 2011
Brian-
Thanks for the props buddy.
Thinking about putting together a mailer to send out, in addition to all my musings each day on Twitter.
By Fabricio Quintero on Feb 28, 2011
Hi my friend.
I received your email about the rankings and I guess you put Votto and Teixeira above cabrera only for the following cabrera events off the field, or I am wrong?
Thanks.
By Ray Flowers on Feb 28, 2011
Fabricio-
Yep, exactly.
I had Cabrera as my #4 guy before the news of his off field issues. He might still end up being a top-5 performer, but the risk is ratcheted up significantly now.
By Thomas on Mar 1, 2011
I noticed that you have Dunn ranked pretty high, I get all the hoopla about his HR’s and RBI’s but because of his K’s and the fact it’s punished in my pts. league means he’s never been top 10 ever among 1st baseman.Do you think the move to Cellular will help that much, I mean he was playing in Cincy, that was a pretty good hitters park as well. I didn’t consider him ahead of Youk-Howard, or a healthy Morales which is still up in the air.
By Chaka on Mar 1, 2011
Ray,
What do you think is the most important difference in draft strategy between H2H categories leagues and a 6X6 Roto league? (OPS and QS are the additional cats)
By Ray Flowers on Mar 1, 2011
Best thing about Dunn is his consistency. It’s pretty much unsurpassed unless you are Pujols. Injuries with guys like A-Gone, Morneau, Morales, and the off the field stuff with Cabrera — that consistency from Dunn is looking really good all of a sudden.
I’ll take the .260-40-100 I know I’m gonna get and be happy with it. In pts leagues I could totally understand why you would drop him – gotta adjust for your league rules.
The park will help in Chi Town a bit.
By Ray Flowers on Mar 1, 2011
Chaka -
Let me state for the record, that I much prefer roto leagues to H2H.
Reason is —
I know Pujols will hit .330 with 40 homers. However, I have NO idea if he will hit .080 or .450 next week. One week is simply too small a snap shot to get a read on a player.
That said, if I was targeting guys health is key. You have to drop guys like hamilton, weeks down your board a bit. If they miss 4 of 6 games in a week you are in big trouble.
Consistency also helps, but again, its hard to gauge in weekly setups.
OBP is a decent guide — guys with strong marks there usually get on base even when struggling to get hits, and that obviously is a good thing.